Where: Utah (39.4° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 38.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Thaynes Group, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Preflorianites-Kashmirites beds
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich (PIMUZ)
Primary reference: R. Hofmann, H. Hautmann, A. Brayard, A. Nützel, K. G. Bylund, J. F. Jenks, E. Vennin, N. Olivier, and H. Bucher. 2014. Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low latitudes of eastern Panthalassa. Palaeontology 57:547-589 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156104: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop | |
Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster | |
Lingulata | |
Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899 |